Example sentences of "soon as [pron] be [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is the end , ’ he said , as soon as we were out of the kitchen . |
| 2 | I asked as soon as we were out of the chamber . |
| 3 | Several others turned back as soon as they were out of the shade of their flower because , as they pointed out , ‘ . |
| 4 | As soon as they were out of the traffic and heading northwards up the main Al trunk road , Madeleine snuggled closer to Harry . |
| 5 | The boys looked on the Venetian corner as a godsend and came every day as soon as they were out of school to throw stones at it . |
| 6 | As soon as they were out of the grounds , petty concerns about Deana Davenport and hospital gossip washed cleanly away , made surprisingly unimportant by the relaxing hum of Tom Russell 's car as they drove . |
| 7 | Joanna had vowed to send a message to Guy as soon as they were out of sight . |
| 8 | As soon as she was out of the room he pulled the nearest phone across his desk and punched out the number of the Athene office . |
| 9 | Avoiding their curious glances , she walked round to the hardware section and tried to shut her ears to the whispered conversations that suddenly broke out as soon as she was out of sight . |
| 10 | As soon as he is out of the side , and the team continues to play well … they rub their hands and sell him as soon as they can . |
| 11 | As soon as he was out of the bathroom he put on his tracksuit and hit the road . |
| 12 | Zowie Bowie , David Bowie 's son , changed his name to plain old Joe as soon as he was out of short trousers . |
| 13 | As soon as he was out of sight he began to sing , very loudly . |
| 14 | As soon as he was out of uniform , Connor applied to take over the management of the public-house from his parents — Mam and Da were getting on in years , and Da was n't a well man — but the Brewery were not prepared to lease the pub to a bachelor . |
| 15 | And then , as they mumbled and made half-hearted climbing-down gestures that he knew would probably stop as soon as he was out of sight , he opened up the door to the club and let himself in . |
| 16 | And he came down he would have been working for he would have been at that time my great grandfather maybe or and he came down and he lived in lower Millfield after that and just as soon as he was out of his house , they just had the house demolished . |
| 17 | He bitterly regretted the question as soon as it was out of his mouth . |
| 18 | I found myself lying to her , although my lies seemed to me to represent the truth as soon as I was out of Aisha 's house . |
| 19 | As soon as I was out of sight of the school I cut up through the cottages and round the back of the school on to the path to Bourani . |
| 20 | I suppose if he had been wifeless you would have had me married off to him as soon as I was out of mourning ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If all I have to do to get a girl with your looks to spend a night with me is bust a leg ’ — he stopped for breath — ‘ soon as I 'm out of here I 'm busting the other . ’ |